Definitions for forsake

forsake for·sake

Spelling: [fawr-seyk]
IPA: /fɔrˈseɪk/

Forsake is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in forsake (aefkors).

Definitions for forsake

verb (used with object)

  1. to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert:
  2. to give up or renounce (a habit, way of life, etc.).

Origin of forsake

before 900; Middle English forsaken to deny, reject, Old English forsacan, equivalent to for- for- + sacan to dispute

Examples for forsake

Muhammad assumed this risk because he refused to forsake any opportunity for peace.

The Kremlin will have little choice but to forsake its mega-projects.

O blessed Spirit, whom I forsake for these, they are not thou!

Woe for the day when he was seduced to forsake that dear retirement!

How could I forsake my child, feeling my vigor all the time—the blood warm within me?

There was no style, no state, unless she wished to forsake him.

He understood that to be leisurely is to forsake possibilities, even lives.

But will he be willing to forsake his lucrative gig at Fox News to grind it out on the campaign trail?

O'Mooney's presence of mind did not forsake him upon this emergency.

Every hour, the anthem is played, followed by Orthodox priests intoning prayers and beseeching God not to forsake Ukraine.

Word Value for forsake
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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